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Comment Nope, not a practical way to transfer energy (Score 1) 365

From what I gather from the summary, you have to first measure the first particle, then measure the second in a way determined from the first particle. That means that firstly, you have to expend energy to separate the entangled particles, and secondly, you have to expend energy to transfer the information of the first measurement to the second measurement. So in effect, you have to expend a net of more energy through conventional means, i.e. the receiver has to expend more energy than it gains through the energy teleportation. That makes this technology for whatever possible future energy-reciever applications you've got there null'd.

Comment Re:other way around (Score 1) 400

You can be sure that Microsoft will support whatever Apple supports when it comes to deciding upon proprietary formats. They are in cahoots when it comes to locking down computers, after all.

I just hope that soon enough there can be some antitrust against implementing .H264 as the standard codec.

Comment Re:Too often is bad too. (Score 1) 499

What's worse is that my bank actually has "phone question" security in place. I can call them and place orders. But they will ask me security questions. Namely:

My account number. My birthday. A recent transfer from my account or the name of the guy at the bank dealing with my account.

In case you're wondering, the latter two are easily to find on a bank statement. Which I could easily get provided I have the ATM card (which, incidentally, also contains the account number).

My question how this is secure was met with "umm... well, when you explain it like that, it kinda ain't..."

Account number, check. Recent transfer, check. Birthday? Let's be friends on Facebook.

Comment Re:Password strength vs. Validation Rules (Score 1) 499

I personally have an alphanumeric password string with the aforementioned coding system that I convert some characters into leet for my password, retaining the alphanumeric as a fallback. The central problem that I now encounter is when several sites fail to accept passwords that are too short or that are too long.

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